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Dr. William Pryatel's Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training

Five Brocade Publishing has as its purpose the publication of instructional materials on Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training created by the psychiatrist Dr. William Pryatel. These materials constitute a step-by-step introduction to Dr. Pryatel's unique approach to mental therapy, which melds together the concepts and techniques of Western psychiatry with those of Eastern philosophy and esoteric teachings.


Dr. Pryatel holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (1971) and from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Medical School (1975). He did a medical internship at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan (1975-1976) and a psychiatric residency at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute at Columbia, South Carolina (1976-1979). He became a board-certified psychiatrist in 1982, and currently practices psychiatry in Jamestown, North Dakota.

Dr. Pryatel's long-time involvement with Buddhism included participation in several vipassana meditation retreats at the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, from 1985 through 1995. It was there that he learned the key concepts and practices that went into the DVD, Mindfulness as Therapy. For a short time, Dr. Pryatel was also a novice monk at the Houston Buddhist vihara.

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The materials offered on this website consist of Dr. Pryatel's latest book as well as a series of DVDs. These materials were designed as a teaching tool for licensed therapists and counselors, and those who teach under their direction, to help them instruct their patients and clients how to use the specific concepts and techniques presented therein - mindfulness, for example - as a therapeutic tool. If you are a therapist or counselor, the information contained in these materials can help your clients and patients learn how to unravel their neuroses and addictions.

Caution: Use these materials only as directed by your counselor or therapist. They are not intended for self-treatment of mental illness, absent a therapist.

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To order any of the materials, please use the "Order" links below, which will take you to the appropriate page at Amazon.com.

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Disclaimer.  Due to medical liability concerns, the ordering of our DVDs is limited to adults only (18 years old or above).


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Cognitive Strategies for Suicide Prevention, Addiction And Anxiety


The author has been a psychiatrist for thirty-nine years and has worked with thousands of patients. His impression is that many of their problems have to do with the way they process or deal with information. Often, maladaptive pathways of thinking are employed to the person's detriment. When this occurs, it tends to be repeated again and again and becomes habitual. Eventually, symptoms such as anxiety, depression, suicidal feelings and addiction are generated and become more and more problematic. In the author's experience, this can be interrupted by mentally training oneself to only travel down adaptive pathways of thinking. With this approach, old pathways of thinking are abandoned.

There are a number of techniques that can be employed to establish and reinforce newer adaptive pathways of thinking. It's not for everybody and should not be used exclusively, but first and foremost among techniques is mindfulness. The author has seen it work again and again. Introduced to the world by Buddha for the purpose of enlightenment, nowadays it is used for mental health issues. The mindfulness here is different from the type taught in DBT. The author is not saying that DBT mindfulness doesn't work; it's just that he has seen better outcomes with the type he teaches. He learned the basics of it at IMS at Barre, Massachusetts, during various meditation retreats.

Modern psychology does not address the invisible spiritual worlds that interface with the physical world. According to religious teachings, these worlds really exist and forces from them can influence our thinking. Reportedly, an archangel rebelled against God and was booted out of heaven. A third of the angels went down with him to earth. They seek to have us act in such a way so that when we die, they can claim our souls and torture us in hell. The present work at least addresses this issue. Likewise, energy medicine is discussed briefly.


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Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training I:
Mindfulness as Therapy


Mindfulness was originally taught by Buddha 2,500 years ago to monks, to help them gain enlightenment. A form of it can be used nowadays as therapy to unravel addiction and harmful emotional reactions. It is especially useful for dealing with loss and self-destructive tendencies.

In the DVD Mindfulness as Therapy, psychiatrist Dr. William Pryatel explains the concept of Mindfulness as a psychotherapeutic tool and leads the viewer, step-by-step, through its practical applications for a variety of possible situations and harmful emotions. Note that the techniques taught by Dr. Pryatel are largely dissimilar from the "Mindfulness as Therapy" techniques taught by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. in DBT.

The information contained in this DVD has already produced astonishing therapeutic gains in some patients.


"Mindfulness really has changed my life, and I teach it to my friends now... It is fascinating how mindfulness works. When I first arrived here I used poor me-isms, and martyrisms a lot, but now I have put it in the past. I have healed from using martyrism and poor me-isms. You made me aware so I could battle my problem, nobody else has helped me how you have, I have talked to lots of people, and they treated me like an animal, but I feel you truly cared enough to give me a second chance, you taught me right from wrong, brought me out of denial, anger, frustrations, and showed me tools, adjusted medications, and listened.... Thank you for your help."

Letter from K., a patient


Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training II:
Strategies for Happiness - Value System Therapy


Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training promotes the development of spiritually-oriented self-talk, which can help in weathering the duress of life in a more harmonious manner. This DVD focuses specifically on the development of a process-oriented value system and a spiritually-oriented value system. These can balance the usual result-oriented and materially-oriented value systems which are usually firmly entrenched, and which can become problematic if things don't work out. Other topics discussed include subtle bodies, elementals, outcome therapy, consequence therapy and intent therapy.


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Transpersonal Cognitive Skills Training III:
Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking


Negative thinking is corrosive to one's life and well being. It easily becomes ingrained and habitual unless countermanded. This can be difficult since it may be near transparent to awareness, let alone to scrutiny and remediation. In this video the focus is on the various forms of negative thinking and how to correct them. Positive thinking and living in the now are discussed as well.


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